1. The Literary Criticism of Charlotte Bronte: A Background for Study. Sources of Bronte's Statements on Art. The Development of Bronte's Critical Approach -- 2. The Adytum of the Heart: Biography and Character -- 3. The Knowledge of Passion: Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. Bronte's Critical Terminology. A Brontean Reading of Pride and Prejudice. The Artistic Character of Jane Austen -- 4. A Strong Wish for Wings: Thackeray and the Novelist's Purpose. A Man in Our Own Days: Thackeray's Literary Character. Thackeray as a Model for Fiction -- 5. The Chords Strung by Nature: Reader Response in Wuthering Heights and Villette. Charlotte Bronte's Defense of Wuthering Heights. Villette and the Refined Reader -- Appendix A: A Literary Chronology of Charlotte Bronte -- Appendix B: The Literary Correspondence of Charlotte Bronte
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